International Internal Audit Awareness Month

Posted by: glynellishughes and Debbie Moorhouse, Posted on: 29 May 2026 - Categories: People
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As we approach the end of this annual worldwide celebration of the Internal Audit profession, Debbie Moorhouse reflects on GIAAs role and her own - in the wider, global community The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) provides internal

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Government Internal Audit Knowledge Hub network site how did we ever manage without it?

Posted by: glynellishughes and John Furley, Posted on: 7 March 2025 - Categories: Innovation, People

Do you ever feel like you're missing out on valuable internal audit related information and resources? Before I joined the GIAA, I was a head of internal audit elsewhere. I would often think how helpful itd be if there was

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What risks does government face? How generative AI can help us think more broadly.

Posted by: Dr Lauren Petrie, Posted on: 25 April 2024 - Categories: Innovation
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Over a year on from the release of ChatGPT, there are now lots of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in various stages of testing and development across government. Im genuinely excited by the enthusiasm and opportunities that I hear about in

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Celebrating our GIAA Insights engine

Posted by: Dr Lauren Petrie, Posted on: 25 July 2023 - Categories: Innovation, Internal Audit, People, Quality
An image showing colleagues from the GIAA data analytics team and insights team using the Insights Engine [An image showing colleagues from the GIAA data analytics team and insights team using the Insights Engine]

We're all rather excited in GIAA this week as we're celebrating the first anniversary of launching our Insights Engine! "What is an insights engine?" you may well ask. Let us explain ... Have you ever had a pile of documents

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Benefiting from shared parental leave

Posted by: Stephen Wright, Posted on: 26 April 2022 - Categories: Internal Audit, People
Steve and his baby Iris visiting the office for a catch-up with his colleague, Simon. [Steve and his baby Iris visiting the office for a catch-up with his colleague, Simon.]

In 2021, I became a dad, and I soon realised the benefits that shared parental leave can offer civil servants like me. My journey to fatherhood took nearly 15 years. My life changed positively forever in July 2021 with the

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What is internal audit? No, really, what is it?

Posted by: Julie Kitchin, Professional Practice team, GIAA, Posted on: 22 February 2022 - Categories: Internal Audit, People, Quality
A photo of Julie Kitchin from the GIAA Professional Practice team. [A photo of Julie Kitchin from the GIAA Professional Practice team.]

When I was asked to write this blog, I recalled a chat with a colleague about our attempts to explain our work to family and friends (yes, auditors do have friends). Our efforts largely resulted in blank expressions and swift

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Data analytics and artificial intelligence empowering internal audit

Lauren Petrie - Data Analytics Specialist Data analytics empowers us to transform our internal audit and counter fraud work. I was excited to join the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) in August 2021 as the first member of our new

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Embracing opportunities, empowering success GIAA virtual conference 2021

Posted by: Elisha Smith and Bex Smith, Posted on: 4 November 2021 - Categories: People

We held our third annual GIAA all-Agency conference as an online event on 6 and 7 October. its Each year, we come together in one place be that physical or virtual to reflect on our work, look ahead

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Launching the Government Functional Standard for Internal Audit

Our vision for the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is to gather better insights for our customers so that they can deliver better outcomes using public money. To enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of governance, risk management and control in

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GIAA Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21: Delivering Through Challenging Times

Posted by: Elizabeth Honer - Chief Executive, Posted on: 23 July 2021 - Categories: Firm Foundations

This week the GIAA laid its 2020-21 Annual Report and Accounts before Parliament. I invite you to take a moment to read through it. I am immensely proud of our organisation for all that we have achieved in the most

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